Untameable

 

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. – James 3.7-8

 

Paul spends a lot of time talking about the perils of the tongue. He called it a fire from hell and here says that it a poison and that it is in fact not tamable.

 

Man has tamed all kinds of beast in the world. He has tamed dogs and sorted of tamed cats. Lions and tigers and bears and elephants have all been controlled by man to do amazing things. We have feld the effects of nature in many ways.

 

There is something that man cannot tame. It is an unruly evil. It is full of poison. No man can tame the tongue.

 

That’s puts us in quite the dilemma. If we can’t control the tongue what hope do we have when God expects us to do it?

 

As usual the word of God has the answer.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips – Psalm 141.3

 

We simple can’t do it without God’s help.

Lord, please help me tame my tongue.